Rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic: The agony of democracy in Venezuela

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-36

  Romero, Aníbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

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Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM; GEOPOLITICAL STUDY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULISM; POPULISM IMPACT;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0031471989     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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